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T.S. CHURCH & J. E. DOW. CARPET BEATING MACHINE. No. 262,004. PatentedAug."1-,-1882.

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' ,1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TUS s. CHURCH, on Boston, AND JOHN DOW, F CAMBRIDGE, Mass.

CARPET-BEATING MACHINE. I

j sP FI cATloN formingpart of Letters Patent No. 262,004, dated August1, 1882. i Application filed December 3, 1881. (No model.) I

.folnll wkom 'it may concern: which engage with the racks j j, securedupon Beit known that we, 'rn'us S. OHURGH, ot' the inside. of the board,as clearly shown in Boston, in the county ot'Sutfolk and State of Fig.2.

Massachusetts, and JOHN E. Dow, of Uain- Upon.the shaft J, nearits crankK, is placed 5 bridge, in the county of; Middlesex and State theratchet-wheel L,and upon the frame is pivof Massachusetts, have inventeda new and oted the pawl l, which is adapted to engage ImprovedCarpet-Beating Machine, of which with the ratchet for holding the boa-rdl and p the following isa full,clear,and exact dcscripthe bed or tableat any desired height,so that tiou. the carpet or other thing beingcleaned may 6.: 1'.) ()ur invention relates to thatclass of mabeheld inposition for receiving the blows chines which have arms or beaters ofsome from t! 0 arms or heaters N of the main cylinflexible materialattached to a revolving cylder to the best advantage for whipping outinder; and it consists principally in providing and removing. the dust.the machine with a vertically adjustable and The boaters N are made ofsome flexible ina- 15 vibrating bed or table, upon which the carpetterial-such as heavy leather or 'ruhber and isplaced for cleaning, ashereinafter described, they are provided with the snap-hooks n at oneand pointed out in the claims. 7 end, by which they are attached to thecylin- Reference is to be had to the accompanying der, the hookssnapping into the eyes of the drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, cylinder, as clearly shown in the drawings. 20 in whichsimilar letters of reference indicate By means of the snap-hooks theheaters may corresponding parts in all the figures. be readily attachedand detached to and from Figure l is a plan viewot'ourimproved carthecylinder, so that the number of heaters pet-beating machine. Fig.2 is asectional elemay be varied, it desired, according to the ration of thesame,-taken on the line :10 w of thicknessot' the carpet to be cleaned,and 2 Fig. I. Fig. 3 is a detailed sectional elevation should any of theheaters become detached ot' the vibrating bed or table, showiugamodiwhile usingthe machine the same maybe 95M- tication; and'Fig. 4 isan elevation of one of! ily snapped back to place upon the cylinder.

our'loaded arms or beaters. In case very heavy carpets are beingtreated,

A represents the frame of the machine, we shall use the loadedbeaters,such as shown which may be of any suit-able size. atN, Fig. 4.These heaters will be formed by B represents ,the revolving cylinder,which sewing, riveting,orothcrwisesecuring between .is provided with therows of eyes a, and 0 reptwo thin sheets of leather or rubber, orflexible resents the adjustable vibrating table or bed material of anykind, the loading p, of lead or upon which the carpet D or other'thingto be similar-material, ot' sutficient weight to give 5 whipped andcleaned of dust is to be ,placed. blows of sutlicientt'orce to rendereffective the This table or bed is composed of the series of process ofwhipping for cleaning the carpet rods d, (of metalor wood.)theparallelside bars, thoroughly. FF,andtheparallelend ars,g g. The barsFF In some cases,where it is desired to give to are correspondingly perorated for holding the the object being cleaned still further vibrationgo to rods d, as shown infFig. 2. The ends of the than will be given bythe movementof the bars 9 g extend past the bars F F, as shown in boardI, the npper'edge of thisboard will he Fig. 1, and in these extendedportions are provided with the springs q, upon which the journaled therollers H H, over which the carouter edge of the board or table (I willbesuppet or other thing being whipped passes. The ported, as shown inFig. 3, and it is designed 5 5 bed or table thus formed is pivotedorhinged to attach a blower or exhaustfan to the main themain frame uponthe studs or pivots hit. chine in such a position as to carry the dustThe outer edge of the bed 01," table is supbeaten from the object beingtreated to a. ported upon the vertical boardgLwhich board properreceptacle, where it will be collected is adapted to be moved rapidly upand down, and condensed,- and in some instances a bed I00 50 forvibrating the bed or table, hymeans of the or 'tablewill be placed uponboth sides of the shaft J, which is provided with the pinions z 1',cylinder B, so a that carpets may be whipped and cleaned upon thereverse motion of the cylinders. v

In nseit'will be understood thatit is only necessary to place the carpetupon the bed or table 0, and impart motion to the cylinder by hand-powerapplied to the crank Q, or by a belt passing over p ulley upon'the shaftof the cylinder, and to impart an oscillating motion to the shaft J byhand-power applied to the crank K, or by suitable machinery, the carpetbeing moved along oi erthe table or bed as the beating orwhipping'eontinnes, until the cleaning is completed. This rapid verticalvibration of the carpet, together with the rapidbeating, causes the dirtto be removed rapidly and thoroughly from the carpet and without injuryto the carpet.

Having thus described'our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent-- vided with heaters,

1. The shaft J, having the pinions it, in combination with the board I,provided with the racks j, and supporting the table or bed 0,substantially as described.

2. The bed or table 0, formed of the perforated parallel pieces F F, endpieces, 9- g, rods d, and the rollers H H, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

3. The bed or table 0, hinged in the frame and resting upon thevertically-movin g board I, in combination with the cylinder B, pr0-. asand for the purposes set forth.

TITUS S. CHURCH. JOHN E. DOW.

Witnesses:

. HENRY H.v BUCK,

JOHN H. COAKLEY.

